Customer Service and Manners

Somehow along the way, my cell phone number got on a call list for "lottery" winners. I have no idea what I purchased or did to deserve this annoyance, but I thought I'd share my latest encounter....

A guy just called from his (813) area code:

"Hello, is this Julien? This is a long-distance call from Tampa, FL".

So to start off, they're charging me long-distance to tell me about my "free" winnings. The usual next sentence is about how my name/number was drawn to win some great prize and each time I beg that my name be taken out of this drawing.

"But you won a prize."

"I don't want it. Don't call me again."

Today, though, before the "But ma'am you won" interjection, the boy took a breath to speak and burped into the receiver. Yes, a belch. No, he did not apologize.

What's even funnier is that this is not the first time this has happened.

I kid you not.

The first belcher was a boy from Sirius radio calling to ask me about my listening preferences. I have Sirius and love it, so I was happy to answer question after question after question about my favorite stations. We talked a lot, so I guess if you need to burp and you're on the phone all day... maybe you don't get to burp without the receiver on your ear. Or maybe it wasn't written in the training manual that it's disgusting. Or maybe they get a kick out of it because they're tired of their boring job. But it's just unnecessary.

To his credit, the Sirius burp boy did say "excuse me".
To my credit, I didn't laugh aloud either time.
I think if it happens again, I'm totally calling out the person on their blatant bodily function. Maybe I should leave my name on the calling list...